\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph11340 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx3255\tx6525\tx9780\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs22 The Martin Tower now houses a daunting \ATXnt901 collection\ATXnt0 of i
nstruments of torture used to extract confessions from prisoners. These included the rack for stretching the body, and the æscavengerÆs daughterÆ for compressing it. After a session on either of these, many of those charged for their religious or politi
cal beliefs may have preferred the prospect of the executionerÆs axe and block, also on show here. It was \b \cf4 \ATXht13151000 Charles II\cf0 \ATXht0 \b0 who first made the Tower of London a tourist attraction. During the second half of the 1600s the
collection of armour and the Crown Jewels were made visible to the public.\par
